Posts by ABibleStudent

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Newbee

by DullBookworm in

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i have not been a sister for the past 19 years, i asked to be da'd as i had started smoking aged 12 and at 19 no longer wanted people to think badly of the jw's over my conduct.. for 19 years my father, an elder, has tried his damndest to bring me back.

he kept contact sometimes more, sometimes less, always under the threat to stop the contact alltogether.

at one point he managed to not speak to me for several months.

ABibleStudent

Welcome DullBookworm, Send your SIL an email/letter with links to www.jwfacts.com, www.freedomofmind.com, and www.jehovahs-witness.net ASAP and ask her to contact you before talking with your brother and father about the links. If you both collaborate with each other, you may be able to help your brother and father to critically think for themselves. By showing your father and brother unconditional love, being patient, and venting your frustrations on JWN, you may be able to overcome the WTBTS's BITE control that victimizes your father and brother.

The following video from Steve Hassan's website may help your SIL and you to understand how important it is to understand how the WTBTS is a dangerous cult: Strategic Interactive Approach explained 2003 (1:23:23).

Peace be with you and everyone, who you love,

Robert

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I want to send a nice note to my sister

by Faithful Witness in

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it's been about 5 weeks, since my sister sent me the email telling me she no longer wants to communicate with me (at this time).. i was never a jw, so i am not going to agree to those crazy terms.

i explained to her that she can do what she wants, but i will continue to be kind, and that i forgive her cruel treatment toward me.. i have given her some space, and i feel like i am ready to send her another note.

instead of bringing up any hard feelings of today, i was going to share some memories that i have of our early, pre-jw days.

ABibleStudent

Hi Faithful Witness, Live your life without regrets and unreasonable fear. Do not give up on your sister's authentic persona, but do take into account how your BIL influences your sister. From you previous posts, I would not be surprised if he is a very controlling type person. How are you progressing with your parents?

Peace be with you and everyone, who you love,

Robert

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One mom, half a dad, and at least three friends lost... But at least 4 lives "saved" from WT mind control... 400 to go

by ILoveTTATT in

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so... i have just posted a link to freedom of mind and the bite model on fb.... .

i am gonna take a snapshot of the # of friends on fb and the ones i have after i tell people privately that i don't want to be a jw anymore..

ABibleStudent

Hi ILoveTTATT, Give your parents some time. Just show them unconditional love like Steve Hassan emphases.

In the mean time I hope that you enjoy your life free from the WTBTS and spend some time translating more webpages for www.jwfacts.com to Spanish.

Peace be with you and everyone, who you love,

Robert

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I want to send a nice note to my sister

by Faithful Witness in

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friends

it's been about 5 weeks, since my sister sent me the email telling me she no longer wants to communicate with me (at this time).. i was never a jw, so i am not going to agree to those crazy terms.

i explained to her that she can do what she wants, but i will continue to be kind, and that i forgive her cruel treatment toward me.. i have given her some space, and i feel like i am ready to send her another note.

instead of bringing up any hard feelings of today, i was going to share some memories that i have of our early, pre-jw days.

ABibleStudent

Hi Faithful Witness, It is an awesome letter.

I would remove the sentence " Maybe some day you will be able to see things from my perspective." until after your relationship improves with her and you say it to her instead of writing it to her. JWs' cult personas are narsistic so your perspective is not important to it. Also, you do not know if your sister's authentic or cult persona will be reading the note.

Keep your note simple, send lots of pictures of you and your family having lots of fun, invite her to future outings, and tell her how much you love her unconditionally.

Peace be with you and everyone, who you love,

Robert

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More advise needed, please.

by Crazyguy in

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ok just an update but i was able to rescind my da letter and the elders after meeting with me, took my excuse and encouraged me to rejoin the congregation.

i would love to share with you the theocratic warfare strategy i used to explain away my da letter but that may identify me to easily.

but any way they could of really put me over the coals on one area of the letter which was changed a bit from the one i posted her so that makes me think these guys really want me back then gone.

ABibleStudent

Hi Crazyguy, You are in a no win situation. That sucks for you.

IMHO you need to be true to yourself, because no matter what you will be stuck with your decision(s). I would recommend that you tell your wife that you are a Christian and therefore when there is conflict between following the teachings and examples of Jesus Christ and the WTBTS, you will follow Jesus Christ. If your wife disagrees with you, ask her to prove with any Bible that Jesus Christ condons shunning and not associating with non-believers, conditional love, hypocrisy, etc.

MT 22:34-40 should be able to help your wife to interpret the scriptures. MT 22: 37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ [c] 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. Hopefully, your wife will notice that the greatest commandment does not say blindly follow the GB. It says with "ALL" your heart, soul, and mind.

Peace be with you and everyone, who you love,

Robert

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You got questions? We got answers.

by WhoYourDaddy in

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friends

what is it about the jws that draws them together?.

group think?.

ambient abuse?.

ABibleStudent

Welcome WhoYourDaddy. Although I am a Christian, I can understand how exJWs can become atheists because of logical examination of facts and not because of a nervous system reaction to leaving the WTBTS.

Peace be with you and everyone, who you love,

Robert

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What are you doing on Valentine's? I was invited to a party... er... a JC

by ILoveTTATT in

jw
friends

so i go to that dinner with my parents.

it worked great!

i think i increased my mom's cog dis just by showing her i am the same good person, and having fun.

ABibleStudent

Hi ILoveTTATT, Ask them if they have your publisher card. If they do not possess your publisher card how can they hold a JC about you, because they cannot prove you were dunked?

Peace be with you and everyone, who you love,

Robert

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3 years of study, Just found out!

by impala63rag in

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friends

hello friends, .

i would like some advice from those that are inpartial, and are familiar with the teachings of jw.

i studied with a wonderful jw couple weekly for 3 years.

ABibleStudent

Welcome impala63rag, DITTO what other posters have written about independently researching the WTBTS before participating in anymore "Bible Studies" (indoctrination sessions) and learning more about how the WTBTS victimizes JWs with BITE control techniques. www.jwfacts.com present a balanced analaysis of the WTBTS and watching FREE videos at www.freedomofmind.com will help you understand more about BITE control techniques. If you don't have a lot of time at least watch the following two videos to better understand what it means to be a JW as well about BITE control techniques:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIDwXYACfmM

Strategic Interactive Approach explained 2003 (1:23:23)

I am amazed that JWs have been studying for 3 years with you because of your profession and did not pressure you to read the "What the Bible Really Teaches" propaganda. I studied with an elder and later with another brother. The elder wanted me to read the "Teach" book to reduce the time to indoctrinate me to think like a JW by saying that it will become clearer as I was able to learn "Bible Secrets". There were no Bible secrets. The elder was trying to use BITE control techniques to indoctrinate me. The brother just cherry-picked scriptures to attempt to prove to me that "True Christians" (JWs) need an organization to blindly lead them when the NT clearly does not teach that philosophy. I wonder if your JW bible conductors have doubts.

Peace be with you and everyone, who you love,

Robert

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The Literature Trolley Has Arrived in My Little Town

by cofty in

i think the time has come for another letter to the local paper to alert the nice people of berwick what its all about.. my last letter went down well.... .

ABibleStudent

Hi cofty, Please record your encounter with an elder and/or placing a sandwich board next to the propaganda trolley and upload to YouTube.

I hope you are doing better health-wise.

Peace be with you and everyone, who you love,

Robert

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Am I wrong or right please clarify if you know

by Skeptical78 in

i recently became aware of the new light.

please correct me if i'm wrong, but doesn't this new light concerning 1914 means that the wt have been preaching the wrong doctrine for decades?

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ABibleStudent

Welcome Skeptical78, Have you visited the following webpage: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Development_of_Jehovah%27s_Witnesses_doctrine? Otherwise, I would DITTO other member's comments to visit www.jwfacts.com.

The bottom line is blindly obey the WTBTS (i.e., GB) no matter what you feel.

Peace be with you and everyone, who you love,

Robert